Quotes about Attention

On Sabbaths God also invites us to slow down to pay attention and delight in people.

In a culture as frenetic and inattentive as ours, a "slowed down" Christian who is a contemplative presence to God and others is an extraordinary gift.

Our public life withers when only the most extreme voices get attention. Most of all, democracy breaks down when the average person feels their voice doesn't matter; that the system is rigged in favor of the rich or the powerful or some narrow interest.

The baggage of celebrity can be very heavy.

You can think of concentration as the capacity of the mind to sustain an unwavering attention on one object of observation.

attention and the awareness that arises from it are the doorway to true education and learning — life-long gifts that keep deepening with use.

No matter what people are doing, they are much less happy when their minds are wandering than when their minds are focused

is that if you are aware of what is happening, you are "doing it right," no matter what is happening.

Thinking seems to constitute our "default setting" rather than awareness.

Focusing on the breath does not mean you should think about your breathing!

Pay attention to where you are going because without meaning you might get nowhere.

Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.